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Flynn: Yes, very much so. ::He smiled:: I would love to have you.
Vanlith: Have me in the band you mean?
Flynn: ::Eyes wide:: In the band! I would love to….::He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.:: have you in the band…
Smooth recovery, Flynn.
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QuoteHe followed it to its source in the engineering lab and felt a wave of reassurance when the person responsible for jamming out to it was precisely who he was looking for. The engineer somehow looked completely engrossed both in his work and the music at the same time.Speakers:Beelzebub has a devil put aside for meFor meFor meAntero promptly whipped out his air guitar and played several strong power chords, approaching Wil while the note hit it's pinnacle. His face took on a rock n’ roll scrunch as he shamelessly began to headbang along to the ballad for several seconds before shamelessly shouting along with the lyrics.Flynn: So you think you can stone me and spit in my eeeeye
And that, ladies and gents, is how I got Bohemian Rhapsody stuck in my head for the rest of the night.
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QuoteUkinix: Glass of water, please.
Computer: Please specify the water type. Still or sparkling.
Slightly irritated, he momentarily inhaled through his nose.
Ukinix: Still.
Computer: Insufficient parameters. Specify mineral, spring, distilled, ionized, purified, or alkaline.
Ukinix: ::To Jayla:: That’s a new one! Must be that learning algorithm that I saw was applied to the customisation. ::To Replicator:: I want what is best for my health.
Computer: Unable to comply. Authorization is required to access the relevant medical files of Ukinix, Wil, Lieutenant Commander, Chief Engineer and Second Officer of the USS Veritas.
Ukinix: Right. You mean, the *same* medical files that I gave you access to two hours ago, when I pleaded with you for an apple?
Computer: ::Error tone:: Unable to comply. Clarification required.
Ukinix: ::Pinching nose, closing eyes:: $#@^... OK. Yes. Authorisation granted, Ukinix-Alpha-nine-Tango-seven-three.
Computer: Working… ::Error tone:: …Specify the specific section or sections of the Medical Records of Ukinix, Wil, Lieutenant Commander, Chief Engineer and Second Officer of the USS Veritas, that is necessary to perform the required health analysis.
Ukinix: ::Face in hands, exasperated:: Oh crap, it’s getting worse. ::To Replicator, still speaking through hands:: I tell you what, how about you randomly pick one of the water types you mentioned earlier, and I’ll just drink that?
Computer: Unable to comply-
Ukinix: ::Frustrated groan::
Computer: -a selection must be made by the requester.
Annoyed but also equally amused, Wil looked back at Jayla with a smile while he continued talking to the replicator.
Ukinix: OK. Um… ::shrug:: Purified.
Computer: Warning. The selection made may not provide optimal health benefits when compared with the other options. Confirmation required.
Ukinix: ::Annoyed:: That’s fine.
Computer: Specific the desired water temperature.
Ukinix: ::Grimaced Smile:: Cold.
Computer: ::Warning tone:: Clarification required. Specify the personal preference parameters to define “cold” for Ukinix, Wil, Lieutenant Commander, Chief Engineer and Second Officer of the USS Veritas.
He raised his hands in the air and visually pondered, before landing on a random number.
Ukinix: I dunno. Six degrees.
Computer: Specify the scale. Celsius or Kelvin.
Ukinix: ::Closed eyes:: Why would I ask. For a glass of water. To be measured. In… *Kelvin*.
Computer: ::Error tone:: Specify the scale. Celsius or Kelvin.
Ukinix: ::Through clenched teeth:: Celsius.
There was a few seconds of silence, before...
Computer: Specify the glass size. Small, Medium, or L-.
Ukinix: ::Interrupting, annoyed raised voice:: Medium!
Finally, strands of light from the innards of the replicator constructed a glass of water. When it was completed, Wil didn’t pick it up. He just stood and looked at it. He sighed through his nose, before finally speaking.
Ukinix: Why.Ukinix is just done.
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I don't see no Q2 here.
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On 11/4/2020 at 4:31 AM, Kchage said:
The problem I ran into in the past is someone new would come on and take a yeoman position and somehow end up trying to take control of the ship for the “greater good” without the game master knowing.
And that, in a nutshell, is why Section 31 is banned in 118. 😎
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Is there any particular reason La Forge was left out of this poll? Seems like a glaring oversight of best bro.
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I'm a huge fan of the Vitriolic Best Buds trope, so Odo and Quark get my pick here.
With that in mind, I feel like a special mention needs to be given to ENT's Malcolm Reed and Hayes. I know a few people who felt it was just a silly conflict overall (Starfleet vs MACO), but I've been in RL situations where I've seen (experienced) misunderstandings that devolve into this kind of paranoid desire for control over what people believe belongs to them. The stupidity of the conflict on Enterprise hghlights a human element -- because sometimes we do dumb stuff, and we don't realise it until later. Sucks it ended the way it did, though.
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I think Strange New Worlds, under the guidance of Henry Myers and Akiva Goldsman, it’s going to be a return in a way to TOS [Star Trek: The Original Series]. We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk’s Enterprise. I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers.
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Vulcan has a hot climate. That's the only winning factor for poor constantly-cold Blake.
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Remind me again who holds these guys accountable?
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Have fun watching, US. Australians still don't have a release platform announced.
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VOY's Lineage. I feel like it's constantly overlooked. Yes, it lacks (quite deliberately) 'heart-warming' moments, but it's an important discussion about acceptance in our (and Trek's) society today.
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Prepare the younguns:
Another animated series for Star Trek is on its way, due 2021.
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As colourful as always.
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On 6/5/2020 at 4:46 AM, Jo Marshall said:
No love for the two newest ones?!
I like Jeff Russo -- he did some extraordinary work on What Remains of Edith Finch... but his Star Trek work has been fairly underwhelming. Discovery's main theme is hardly what I'd consider 'iconic', and Picard unfortunately latched on to that one episode with his flute and stuck to that concept. Both fairly impressive compositions, but ultimately too 'air-y' and constantly warrant a skip.
That said, they're not to the level of Faith of the Heart. At least he's ahead of something.
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Am I excited?
YOU BET YOUR VULCAN MIND I'M EXCITED IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING PEOPLE I CAN FINALLY STOP SENDING LONG-WINDED EMAILS TO THE TREK GODS
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Phan'ta'go: =/\= Lieutenant Ukinix, this C'lem Phan'ta'go, from Main Engineering, can you hear me? =/\=
Placing his fingers on each side of his temple, he closed his eyes momentarily, before finally deciding to tap his combadge.
Ukinix: =/\= ::quietly:: Go ahead, Crewman... =/\=Ukinix is about two more "can you hear me?"s away from taking a long walk out of a short airlock, and it shows.
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QuoteRobinson: Fine… I yield the floor to my distinguished colleague. What say you of my proposal?An eyebrow rose so high on the Romulan representative that one would be forgiven for thinking she might actually be actually Vulcan.Tessara: I see the merit behind what you're asking, but it's complete codswallop and you know it.Never mind.
Damn it.
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I play with the idea of a police procedural a little in my pre-Veritas sims.
I would love to have a Starfleet officer sent to go assist the fixer-upper of Nimbus III on screen. I think something like that would eat my time away, tbh.
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On 2/4/2020 at 8:15 PM, Kurt Logan said:
I think I may be the only one on here that didnt like them, but I'm waiting to see what the future episodes hold.
You're not the only one. I felt the first two episodes were excruciatingly slow. But strangely enough, because they introduced us to (what will now be) Picard's crew, it seems to have improved significantly. Rios and Raffi have added some flavour to the mix. Rios, more than Raffi — because what's better than one Santiago Cabrera?
Three Santiago Cabreras.
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Ukinix : Even though it’s tiny, the liaison office at Livernois is a Starfleet installation.: : tapping screen:: The’ Tas has a link to it.: : gesturing to screen:: We can see that the uplink between Livernois Shipyard and Starfleet is down. The main feed, in fact the main backbone of Ketar V’s communications, which connects it via its 2G relay to the rest of the Shoals, is down. Different organisations on Ketar V rely on that backbone,it’s government-built shared infrastructure.: : Tapping screen:: Livernois is not the only one affected. *All* the: : counting fingers:: shipyards, CCMS, government departments, any businesses that leverage that network are in the dark. We couldn’t even order a take away burger from Welder’s Diner.It's like going to Maccas and finding out the drive-thru speaker
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Do I think androids, holograms, and computers should be considered sentient beings? ...No.
Do I think they should be afforded the same basic rights and respect of sentient beings? Yes.
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Having watched the first episode, I'm looking forward to it actually picking up speed...
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Depends on how you define "prequel" in our current Trek circumstances -- since Discovery is in both past and present, and Picard takes place after Nemesis, we can't really call any of the shows "prequels" anymore. I disagree that prequels are evil on principle. I'm still crossing my fingers for an Anson Mount Pike show.
But I can't see any of these captains in a show. We already know all we need to know about these guys. If we need another prequel, I'm thinking more of Erika Hernandez, Demora Sulu, or Rachel Garret -- both captains who were important in Trek history, but typically glossed over in one or two episodes (or in Sulu's case, a scene in a film) with next to no screentime. Actually, now that I've spent time thinking about the possibilities, I need a Demora Sulu show. Please, CBS.
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